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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Protest against training for Sri Lankan troops delays trains

Suburban train services were affected for nearly an hour after noon
on Friday as nearly 50 members of the Naam Tamilar Katchi led by the
founder of the party, Seeman, a film actor and director, sat on the
tracks in Tambaram, protesting against the training to Sri Lankan Air
Force personnel at the Air Force base, Tambaram.
A suburban train
between Chennai Beach and Tirumalpur (Kancheepuram) was delayed more
than half an hour, while other suburban trains delayed by 10 to 15
minutes. Everyday, more than 285 suburban sevices are operated between
Chennai Beach and Tambaram, 16 services between Chennai Beach and
Tirumalpur and four trips between Tambaram and Chengelpet. "RPF
personnel came to the spot and took away the protestors around 1.30pm.
Now, the situation has returned normal," said a railway official.

Earlier in the day, supporters of the Naam Tamilar Katchi held a
demostration in front of the IAF's station in Tambaram and raised
slogans against Sri Lanka for nearly an hour and then came to the
railway station to block the track. On Thursday, Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister J Jayalalithaa
demanded the Union government to scrap the training programme for the
Sri Lankan air force personnel at the Air Force base, Tambaram. Other
political parties joined her in condemning the Centre for allowing
training of Sri Lankan military personnel in the state when Sri Lankan
Tamils were suffering.